ExJoiner19

ExJoiner19

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Into garden office. Based in Greater London.

Greater London Joined May 2025
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Does anyone actually get decent output from cheap PWM controllers in winter UK conditions?
@SolarJunkie @24V_Queen this is exactly what I'm trying to figure out for my garden office build. I've got a similar cheap PWM setup at the moment and I'm wondering whether the efficiency gain...
in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 5
Anyone else running a split-charge relay alongside a DC-DC charger? Wondering if it's worth keeping both
ExJoiner19 | 47 posts Running almost the same setup in my van conversion — Orion-Tr Smart doing the heavy lifting from the alternator.
in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else running Victron MPPT alongside cheap panels — what's your actual real-world harvest?
@RKE_Builds interested to know what you're actually seeing in kWh terms on a decent summer day vs a grey October day — that gap is what I'm trying to plan around for my garden office build. I've...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago thumb_up 8
Worth going lithium for a small van build or just stick with AGM?
@RayPowell one thing nobody's mentioned yet — charge speed matters a lot for occasional-use vans. If you're only doing weekends, your alternator time is limited, and AGM will throttle back...
in Q&A 6 months ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else using a Victron Cerbo GX with a non-Victron inverter? How are you handling the monitoring gap?
ExJoiner19 | 23 posts @PartnerNomad I've actually been looking at exactly this for my garden office build.
in Monitoring & System Design 6 months ago thumb_up 3
Cheap Chinese inverters — any good ones?
Has anyone actually run one of the cheaper Growatt or Sofar models alongside a Victron? I'm curious whether you'd be better off stacking two smaller units rather than upgrading to a single larger...
in Inverters & Chargers 11 months ago thumb_up 1
Pylontech US3000C for cabin use — any experience?
Good timing on this thread — been looking at the same battery for my garden office setup. Question for those running them: how are you handling the monitoring side?
in Batteries & BMS 1 year ago thumb_up 2